An Analysis Framework for Distribution Network DER Integration Analysis in India: Distributed Solar in Tamil Nadu

Technical Report · Fri Mar 26 04:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1774840· OSTI ID:1774840

Duwadi, Kapil ^[1]; McKenna, Killian ^[1]; Jain, Akshay ^[1]; Gaur, Kajal ^[1]; Nagarajan, Adarsh ^[1]; Palchak, David ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

This report is part of a two-part series that represents a year-long collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) on power sector planning. The first report in this series, the Pathways for Tamil Nadu’s Electric Power Sector 2017-2030 report outlines NREL’s work with TANGEDCO's electricity sector planning department to develop a model of the State’s power system and evaluate multiple scenarios of system growth given resource constraints, costs of technologies, and power sector policies. This second report in this series focuses on the rapidly transforming distribution network in the State. The report outlines a framework developed by NREL with TANGEDCO's distribution utility to quickly and accurately analyze the impacts of integrating renewable energy, specifically rooftop solar PV onto Tamil Nadu's distribution system. Together these studies help to prepare Tamil Nadu for a rapidly transforming power system.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (TANGEDCO); Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1774840
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-6A20-78114; MainId:32023; UUID:f919143d-ecb7-42a6-97bc-5b15a409c125; MainAdminID:21140
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
CIFF
Children's Investment Fund Foundation
India
Tamil-Nadu
distributed energy resources
distribution analysis
distribution network
grid support functions
hosting capacity
inverters
load-flow
network analysis
network impacts
solar integration